Pharmaceutical
The Eastern Cape pharmaceuticals industry is small and robust with its core consisting of internationally respected names such as Johnson & Johnson, Aspen Pharmacare, Bodene, CliniSut and Condomi. Aspen Pharmacare has its manufacturing base in the province and has become the largest South African producer of generic drugs.
The Eastern Cape is already the home to the country’s largest generic producers whereas East London is the home of two major pharmaceutical companies such as Johnson & Johnson and generic producer Aspen Pharmacare.
There is a large world market for derivatives of the aloe plant. This market, at present, is dominated by aloe vera. There is scope for new entrants, particularly in terms of aloe ferox, a plant which grows naturally in the Eastern Cape. Eighty percent of all aloe ferox in South Africa is found in the Eastern Cape.
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